Appalachian Surface Mine Reforestation Techniques: Effects of Grading, Cultural Treatments and Species Selection
Surface mining for coal in the Appalachian region has removed over 0.6 million Ha of mixed mesophytic forest. Successful reforestation would be beneficial, but questions remain concerning application of reclamation and reforestation methods on operational scales. Four experiments were performed test...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40923 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02042011-115916/ |